The Cost of Opportunity: Anti-Black Discrimination in High Resource Settings

Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences | Vol 4, Issue 2

Table 3. Summary of structural equation model (SEM)across educational COI levels

Independent Variable			Dependent Variable	B	SE	95%	CI	p
Lowest Educational COI
Perceived School Discrimination	→	List Sorting Working Memory	-0.107	0.026	-0.157	-0.057	< 0.001
Age	→	List Sorting Working Memory	0.036	0.024	-0.011	0.084	0.132
Gender (Male)	→	List Sorting Working Memory	0.031	0.024	-0.016	0.078	0.201
Married Household	→	List Sorting Working Memory	0.199	0.024	0.153	0.246	< 0.001
Intercept	→	List Sorting Working Memory	6.031	0.469	5.111	6.951	< 0.001

Perceived School Discrimination	→	Reading Ability	-0.084	0.025	-0.133	-0.036	0.001
Age	→	Reading Ability	0.019	0.023	-0.026	0.065	0.407
Gender (Male)	→	Reading Ability	0.023	0.023	-0.023	0.068	0.335
Married Household	→	Reading Ability	0.059	0.026	0.009	0.110	0.021
Parental Education	→	Reading Ability	0.213	0.023	0.167	0.259	< 0.001
Race (Black)	→	Reading Ability	-0.193	0.027	-0.245	-0.140	< 0.001
Intercept	→	Reading Ability	2.110	0.584	0.966	3.255	< 0.001

Age	→	Perceived School Discrimination	-0.030	0.026	-0.081	0.021	0.247
Gender (Male)	→	Perceived School Discrimination	0.066	0.026	0.015	0.117	0.011
Married Household	→	Perceived School Discrimination	-0.023	0.029	-0.079	0.034	0.428
Parental Education	→	Perceived School Discrimination	-0.081	0.036	-0.151	-0.011	0.024
Parental Education x Race (Black)	→	Perceived School Discrimination	0.106	0.457	-0.790	1.003	0.816
Race (Black)	→	Perceived School Discrimination	-0.052	0.459	-0.951	0.847	0.910
Intercept	→	Perceived School Discrimination	3.501	0.746	2.038	4.964	< 0.001

Perceived School Discrimination	→	Depression	0.090	0.026	0.040	0.140	< 0.001
Age	→		Depression	0.037	0.024	-0.010	0.085	0.124
Gender (Male)	→		Depression	0.057	0.024	0.009	0.104	0.021
Married Household	→		Depression	-0.046	0.024	-0.094	0.002	0.061
Intercept	→		Depression	-0.771	0.456	-1.665	0.124	0.091

Perceived School Discrimination	→	Picture Vocabulary	-0.094	0.024	-0.141	-0.047	< 0.001
Age	→	Picture Vocabulary	-0.032	0.022	-0.076	0.011	0.143
Gender (Male)	→		Picture Vocabulary	0.070	0.022	0.027	0.113	0.002
Parental Education	→		Picture Vocabulary	0.305	0.022	0.262	0.347	< 0.001
Race (Black)	→		Picture Vocabulary	-0.305	0.022	-0.348	-0.261	< 0.001
Intercept	→		Picture Vocabulary	2.560	0.556	1.471	3.649	< 0.001


Low Educational COI
Perceived School Discrimination		→	List Sorting Working Memory	-0.085	0.030	-0.144	-0.027	0.004
Age		→	List Sorting Working Memory	-0.015	0.028	-0.070	0.041	0.604
Gender (Male)		→	List Sorting Working Memory	0.102	0.028	0.047	0.157	< 0.001
Married Household		→	List Sorting Working Memory	0.164	0.028	0.110	0.219	< 0.001
Intercept		→	List Sorting Working Memory	6.832